Meanings
- Expressing unenthusiastic consent.
- So, we'll buy the green one, then? - As you like.
1 more example
"Oh," he said, "so you're Conrad, are you? It strikes me the thickness of my skull was lucky for you too. When I look at you I feel it's almost a pity I've enabled you to cheat the hangman." The man snarled, and the bearded man said quietly: "He would have run no risk of that." "Just as you like," replied Tommy. "I know it's the fashion to run down the police. I rather believe in them myself."
1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret AdversarySynonyms: as you wish
- colloquialTo any extent or degree.
So he walks in, calm as you like, and demands all the money from the till.
1 more example
But the weird thing was, there was no working-out at all — just the sum, with that brackety thing with the line on top, and the answer written up above it, tidy as you like.
2012, V M Jones, Beyond the ShroudSynonyms: as you please
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionExpressing unenthusiastic consent.
prepositional phraseTo any extent or degree.
Translations
Arabic كَمَا تُرِيدُ
- كَمَا تُرِيدُ (kamā turīdu)unenthusiastic consent
Japanese どうぞお好きな様に, どうぞご勝手に
- どうぞお好きな様に (dōzo o-suki-na yōni)unenthusiastic consent
- どうぞご勝手に (dōzo go-katte-ni)unenthusiastic consent
- 好きにすれば (suki-ni sureba)unenthusiastic consent
Spanish como quieras
- como quierasunenthusiastic consent
Cite this entry
as you like. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20you%20like
“as you like.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20you%20like. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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